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sunrise service

American  

noun

  1. (sometimes initial capital letters) an outdoor religious service held at dawn on Easter morning.


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I still love the sunrise service on Easter morning.

From Salon Mar. 31, 2024

For the majority of the world’s Christians, Easter Sunday — and in turn, the sunrise service tradition — will be observed on March 31 this year.

From Seattle Times Mar. 29, 2024

The morning in 1921 when the Los Angeles Philharmonic played its first Easter sunrise service on a small wooden platform at the hillside site of the future hatch shell.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2022

In Florida, Eastgate Christian Fellowship in Panama City Beach hosted its annual sunrise service on the beach.

From Washington Times Apr. 4, 2021

The whole family drove slowly through swirling snow to the Garden Tomb, where Liyana’s mother wanted to attend the sunrise service.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

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